New evidence allows to refer IG I3 503/504 to the battle of Marathon, and not to the Persian Wars in general or other single events within them. I propose the new integration Παλλάδος hιπ̣(π)ο[σόε̄ς] at the end of the first distich of IG I3 503/504, lapis C, according to the same epithet of Pallas used by Nonn. 37, 320. Basing on Hdt. 6, 116, 1, the lapis C seems to describe the events that follow the battle of Marathon, when the Persians aimed the naval assault against Athens. I therefore suggest that the verb ]βαλον may signify here "to round a Cap", implying Sunio, that hέρϰο̄ς indicates the wall of the Herakles' sanctuary in Cynosarges, where the Athenians gathered to defend their city, and that ἄϰρον means also "the promontory of Sunion".
Dieser Datensatz wurde nicht während einer Tätigkeit an der Universität Mannheim veröffentlicht, dies ist eine Externe Publikation.
Search Authors in